Aug. 26, 2013 Progress

Data Collection

• Documented what census data we have and how to query for it
• In the process of automating the data collection, unzipping, and updating our data store with Integrated Surface Data (hourly data from NCDC)
• Linked water rights data from Wyoming, Nebraska and Colorado with NHD high data
• Merging and compiling water rights data from WY, NE, and CO into one consistent database
• Developed a methodology to download, process, and display results of soil data extraction within user-defined regions

Model Integration

• Individual models (SWAT, DayCent, IUWM, CGE, and water allocation) are independently being built, calibrated and wrapped with OMS components that will aid model integration
• Began to write a paper on hydraulic model integration of SWAT and MODFLOW
• Began to build a water allocation network optimization toolbox to extract a water network from NHD data and allocate water according to institutional agreements
• Began to update soil-water submodel in DayCent
• Developed three initial test cases for the model integration framework… DayCent & SWAT, SWAT & water allocation, Best management practice (optimization) tool & SWAT
• Updated model integration framework to handle multi-program input & output

Infrastructure and computational improvements

• Successful initial implementation of the model integration framework using MPI
• Developed a generic way of connecting and interacting with legacy models such as SWAT through MPI – implemented for Fortran, working on implementing it in Matlab, Java, and C; successfully assigning values to variables using a similar concept to “reflection”
• Automated the new development integration process for website and infrastructure development
• Began web-based interface tools to retrieve and quickly analyze census data, soil data, water rights data, and climate data from the eRAMS website
• Discussed new computing infrastructure and collaborative research opportunities with a major enterprise computing company

South Platte Application

• Developed a plan to implement SWAT-MODFLOW connection within the Poudre River Basin
• Developed methodology to automatically extract streamflow data and calculate naturalized river flows

Coordination

• Coordinated with water managers and decision makers at Southplatte Roundtable
• Spoke with Eric Wilkinson of Northern Water about availability of their hydrologic model… it’s not available for sharing until they are through with their NEPA review (maybe next year)
• Spoke with Erin Messner of Aurora Water about data for pricing water rights purchases that the city of Aurora has done
• Participated in a discussion on CMIP3 and CMIP5 with the Front Range Climate Change Group in Boulder

Reporting and presentations

• Made more figures and interactive figures on the website